The prosecutor Dan Voinea reads the charges against Ceauşescu

1989-12-25/1989-12-25

TVR, The Romanian Public Broadcaster

The trial of Elena and Nicolae Ceauşescu took place on december, 25th, in Târgovişte, the town where the couple had been arrested. It started at 13:20 and the charges were made by the prosecutor Dan Voinea in an improvised military tribunal. Both Elena and Nicolae Ceausescu were accused of having committed four types of crimes against the people and Romanian state.